Growing up, I took a stab at a lot of hobbies: soccer, volleyball, piano, guitar, cheerleading, basketball, getting stoned in my parents’ idle Volkswagen van - to name a few. But after a while I started to realize that there was really only one thing I cared...

When I started selling portraits in 2012 I priced them for a measly $65. I was 24 years old living in Atlanta, recently married, working two part-time jobs, and side hustling with my art. It might sound crazy but it...